Matir Asurim

Last year, this was the second half of a double parsha .  This year, it stands on its own . The Torah portion includes several injunction...

Tonight begins Holocaust Memorial Day. Last Holocaust Memorial Day I posted this . But this analogy is more personal than I let on.  My m...

Last year, this was the first part of a double parsha , and we were reading the second half, so we missed the Torah reading.  This year, it...

I really wanted to write this in a timely fashion, but.... life is what happens when you're making other plans. Last year this was par...

I am so behind, I have 2 Haftorah Beam posts to make up, and a long post about adolescence in the works. Can I blame spring cleaning for at ...

Last year, this was part of a double-parsha , but this year it stands on its own.  The haftorah, however, is a special reading , observing t...

Olaf the snowman.  Even the name says: "Oh, laugh!" We first meet him when Elsa and Anna are little, and Elsa speaks for him wi...